H. Res. 65 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

February 15, 2013. 

Whereas, on February 12, 2013, North Korea exploded a nuclear device; 

Whereas reports indicate that the nuclear test was apparently 

more powerful than North Korea’s previous tests in 2006 

and 2009; 

Whereas North Korea’s nuclear test, and its recent ballistic 

missile test, are violations of United Nations Security 

Council Resolution 1695 (2006), Resolution 1718 (2006), 

Resolution 1874 (2009), and Resolution 2087 (2013); 

Whereas North Korea’s ballistic missile program poses a 

threat to United States allies and interests in the Asia 

Pacific region; 

Whereas North Korea’s ballistic missile program has demonstrated an increasing ability to reach the United 

States, and could constitute a grave threat to the security 

of the American people; 

Whereas North Korea has violated the July 27, 1953, Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War, and has 

since committed unprovoked acts of war against South 

Korea by sinking the warship Cheonan, killing 46 of her 

crew, and by attacking civilian targets on the island of 
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Yeongpyeong, killing four residents, among many other 

willful violations and outrages; 

Whereas the Government of North Korea has been implicated 

repeatedly in the illicit laundering of monetary instruments, in international narcotics trafficking, and in the 

counterfeiting of United States currency and intellectual 

property; 

Whereas North Korea has demonstrated a willingness and 

ability to proliferate its ballistic and nuclear technology 

to a variety of countries, including Iran and Syria, both 

United States designated state sponsors of terrorism; 

Whereas the Government of North Korea commits gross 

human rights violations against the North Korean people, 

including maintaining a system of gulags that imprison 

thousands of citizens, and policies that have resulted in 

starvation deaths of over 2,000,000 people; and 

Whereas the Government of North Korea has repeatedly violated its commitments to the complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of its nuclear weapons program, 

including the Agreed Framework of 1994, the Joint 

Statement of September 19, 2005, and the agreement of 

February 13, 2007: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) condemns the Government of North Korea for 

its flagrant and repeated violations of multiple United 

Nations Security Council resolutions, for its repeated 

provocations that threaten international peace and stability, and for its February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear 

device; 
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(2) expresses solidarity with the people of North 

Korea who suffer severe oppression, denial of basic 

human rights and political liberties, and material deprivation; 

(3) reaffirms the commitment of the United States 

to its alliances with Japan and South Korea, which are 

critical for the preservation of peace and stability in 

Northeast Asia and throughout the region; 

(4) calls upon the People’s Republic of China, 

North Korea’s closest ally and trading partner, to pressure North Korean leaders to curtail their provocative 

behavior, abandon and dismantle their nuclear and missile programs through the curtailing of vital economic 

support and trade to North Korea that support the Government of North Korea, and comply with all relevant 

international agreements and United Nations Security 

Council and International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions; 

(5) calls on the People’s Republic of China to take 

immediate actions to prevent the transshipment of illicit 

technology, military equipment, and dual-use items 

through its territory, waters, and airspace that could be 

used in North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs; and 

(6) calls on the United States Government— 
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(A) to apply all available sanctions on North 

Korea, cooperate with United States allies and 

other countries to impose additional sanctions on 

North Korea, and secure a new United Nations Security Council resolution imposing stronger sanctions; 

(B) to utilize aggressively the range of available legal authorities and resources to defend 

United States interests against North Korean illicit 

activities; and 

(C) to support the President’s commitment to 

strengthen the United States ballistic missile defense system to protect the United States. 

Attest: 

Clerk.